Commentary on Galatians and Ephesians

1For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ, discharge the office of ambassador for you Gentiles;

2If ye have heard of dispensation of the grace of God, (which was) given me towards you;

3That through revelation he made known to me the secret, as I wrote a little before;

4By attending to which ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ,

5Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets through the Spirit,

6That the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ through the gospel.

7Of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God, which was given to me according to the efficacy of his power.

8To me, the least of all saints, was this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

9And that I should make manifest to all, what is the fellowship of the mystery, which hath been hid from ages in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;

10That the manifold wisdom of God might now be manifested to principalities and powers in heavenly places through the church,

11According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord,

12Through whom we have boldness, and access with confidence, through the faith of him.

13Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my afflictions for you, which is your glory.

14For this cause I bend my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

15Of whom the whole family in heaven and on earth is named,

16That he would give to you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might through his Spirit in the inner man,

17That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, that ye may be rooted and grounded in love, ²¹⁸

18That ye may be able to comprehend with all saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

19To know, I say, the love of Christ, which surpasseth knowledge, that ye may be filled with all the fullness of God.

20Now to him who is able to do abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power working in you,

21Be glory in the church through Jesus Christ, in all ages, for ever and ever. Amen.